MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 12Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 43.56,-92.41 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 71 SFC 963 387 13.6 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 156 9 289.8 291.5 287.9 317.6 9.88 2 950 505 13.4 12.5 94 0.9 12.9 158 17 290.7 292.5 288.1 317.9 9.61 3 900 964 16.0 11.7 75 4.4 13.3 189 23 298.0 299.8 290.6 326.1 9.62 4 850 1452 17.1 12.0 72 5.1 13.8 227 24 304.0 305.9 293.1 335.1 10.42 5 800 1971 17.9 7.8 51 10.1 11.6 260 32 310.2 311.8 293.3 335.8 8.31 6 750 2520 14.5 5.5 54 9.1 9.1 266 35 312.4 313.8 293.3 335.8 7.55 7 700 3100 10.2 3.4 63 6.8 6.2 264 32 313.7 315.1 293.2 335.6 6.99 8 650 3711 4.9 0.8 75 4.1 2.6 265 30 314.5 315.6 292.8 334.1 6.23 9 600 4358 -0.2 -5.1 70 4.9 -2.5 263 25 315.9 316.7 291.7 329.9 4.38 10 550 5049 -4.2 -11.4 57 7.2 -7.1 257 22 319.1 319.6 291.3 328.7 2.91 11 500 5794 -9.1 -21.8 35 12.7 -12.9 265 31 322.0 322.3 290.7 326.6 1.34 12 450 6599 -15.3 -25.1 43 9.8 -17.8 268 28 324.0 324.3 291.1 327.9 1.11 13 400 7478 -21.6 -26.1 67 4.6 -22.6 267 30 327.0 327.2 292.0 331.0 1.14 14 350 8448 -28.3 -34.3 56 6.0 -29.2 287 28 330.6 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.60 15 300 9533 -37.2 -40.1 75 2.9 -37.5 288 29 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.39 16 250 10765 -47.4 -47.7 97 0.3 -47.4 302 37 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.21 17 200 12198 -59.3 -59.8 94 0.4 -59.3 302 33 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 18 150 13998 -58.6 -76.9 8 18.3 -58.8 291 41 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16517 -61.8 -83.9 4 22.1 -62.0 321 25 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.97 m Freezing level: 601.98 mb = 4332.50 m = 14214.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.52 mb = 4034.25 m = 13235.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.10 C = 89.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.86 mb = 444.35 m = 1457.82 ft T: 13.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 9.19 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.20 mb = 3397.20 m = 11145.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.61 C = 99.71 F Cap Strength: 9.98 C Lifted Index: 5.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.01 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7234.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.94 mb = 1253.67 m = 4113.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.9 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 284.9 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.2 neg: -9.9 tot: 317.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 130.17 m/s